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9TH NOVEMBER 2017
Project Posidonia The Posidonia meadows of the Bay of Pollensa are assured a brighter future after the Balearic Government and the Red Eléctrica signed their development project, named “The Marine Forest”, which will allow the recovery of two hectares of posidonia meadows They are currently in a state of degradation near Punta Avançada.
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The area where the posidonia plantation will be carried out will be marked to avoid anchorage and the scientists will be in charge of evaluating the survival and growth of the posidonia specimens, the recovery of the general ecosystem as well as the CO2 emissions.
image courtesy of Rafael Medina / Flickr.com
This unprecedented initiative in the Mediterranean aims to be a living laboratory for marine biologists to explore the slow-growing plant,
which is so important for the ecosystem of the entire Mediterranean and whose population has decreased between 5-20% in the last century.
9 November
Nautical School Plans The municipality of Alcúdia is to have the first professional nautical training centre, a project that will be financed by the sustainable tourism tax, with a bi-annual investment of €2.5m and a capacity for 200 students per year. The project is the result of the collaboration of the Government Ministers of Tourism, of Education, of Workers and the municipality of Alcúdia. All agreed to emphasize the importance of strengthening vocational
training and added that the nautical sector has a demand for workers. The vice president and minister for Tourism, Biel Barceló stressed that the project “fits within the objectives of the eco-tax.” For his part, Mayor Mir said that the training of young people “is a constant concern” of the City Council and described as “right” to create a nautical training centre in Port d’Alcúdia. He also took the opportunity to announce that he will not give up on the hotel school.
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